CV Regional Champions in Science Competition
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Division Champions, CVHS took the gold medal at the Regional Science Olympiad beating highly ranked Fremont schools.
Over 100 Castro Valley students took part in the Bay Area Regional Science Olympiad tournament last Saturday (Feb 25th) at CSUEB. They pitted their knowledge and lab skills against over 60 other schools in 23 STEM subjects, including astronomy, anatomy, earth science, forensics, and cryptology. They demonstrated their engineering prowess by building bridges, vehicles, WiFi antennas, catapults, mass detectors, and airplanes.
Castro Valley High School became the Bay Area Regional champions, taking first place and bringing home 40 medals. They beat highly ranked Fremont schools, placing Top 8 in every one of the 23 events. Its other 3 teams placed 4th, 13th, and 31st – an impressive showing in one of the most competitive regions in the country. Castro Valley is particularly strong in build events, and CVHS’s teams swept gold/silver/bronze medals in 3 out of the 4 build events.
In the middle school division, Creekside’s two teams earned 26 medals to take 3rd and 7th place. Canyon’s two teams garnered 20 medals and 4th and 9th place. More importantly, all 3 Castro Valley schools will be ascending to the NorCal State Science Olympiad Tournament, to be held in Turlock in April.
Castro Valley Science celebrates its 10th year of promoting Science Olympiad and other STEM activities in Castro Valley. Since its inception, it has grown from fostering a single team to 8 teams at the middle and high school level. They will also host an Elementary School Science Olympiad competition this year on May 13th. For more information, please go to: CVscience.us.
